The Glove Compartment II : Black Lava

Lez Bag in collaboration with Eve Stainton AW23

The Glove Compartment is a fully functional/dysfunctional object first designed by Mr Lez and Eve Stainton to complement the launch of Impact Driver, a new performance for the ICA, (Institute of Contemporary Arts, London) September 2023.

The Glove Compartment is intentionally tongue in cheek, (or should we say fist in pocket). Loop the glove compartment through your belt and wear it out. Use it as a phone harness, an accessory, or sling it over your door and admire it.

Fix it to the wall as an artwork if you like.

Stainton has created 10 unique hand welded metal plates to hang from each Glove Compartment. These plates bear the words IMPACT or DRIVER in Stainton’s hand writing.

Mr Lez has collaged and hand sewn each glove in different fabrics and materials. He has also added what he is calling a memento pouch. A small square which has been cut from clear lez fabric and is designed to house pictures of a beloved someone, a phone number, a tenner, your bank card or a lock of hair. It’s the Victorian locket for the metro dyke who wants to keep their sweetheart crotchside.

Stainton and Lez have deconstructed that much mythologised slice of dyke life, the belt loop and carabiner combination to allow the wearer to still use their carabiner on days when they might not be wearing trousers with belt loops, or maybe they’re wearing pocketless trousers, a skirt, or nada at all and still want to swing their big metal thing.

There’s a hot slit running through the inside of each welding glove, tucked under the sawn-off denim pocket. The slit has been made especially to fit a phone but keep whatever you want in there, you’re the driver.

After the first sold out run The Glove Compartment has released a second limited edition run of ten of which the Black Lava is one.

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heavy duty rubberised textured PVC and leather glove in black / petrol / black with central slit.
50mm shiny green carabiner
large hand welded and hand cut welded sheet metal plate with DRIVER lettering.
handsewn denim petrol green/black denim with red 'pierre cardin' institch and solid black denim eyelet and lace feature.

This piece can be folded and worn on the belt or unfolded and fixed to a wall.

20% of proceeds go directly to support the life saving efforts of The Palestinian Red Crescent in Gaza.

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